Opened jewelry store in 1885/6. In paper first 1889 (ads + personal mentions). (Ads for store — Christmas 1909 & 1910 — both said 25th anniv. Christmas 1912 - 26th anniv. I’d guess 1886 and assume rounded up in 1910.) Update: Kids born in Belle Vernon...maybe? First mercantile appraisal is May 1889. Maybe he started peddling there earlier... April 1889 first mention of fam in paper.
His 6/22/1894 obit says he had been in Hstd about 9 years.